Improvement in button-boots



. joint, C being the ankle-joint line.

UNITED-,STATES- PATENT OEEIOE.

JOSEPH L. JOYCE, on NEW HAvEN, OONNEOTIOUT.

IM PROVEM ENT IN BUTTON-BOOTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 81,378, dated August 25, 18GB.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH L. J OYOE, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Button-Boots; and I do hereby declare theA following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in- Figure l, a side view; `and in Fig. 2, a side view of the ly, showing a diiferent modiiication of the same improvement.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of button-boots in which the buttons are arranged upon one side and extending over and above the ankle-joint, the object being to prevent the wrinkling at the upper instep and over the ankle; and consists in forming a joint in the iiy upon the ankle-joint line, either by cutting a -notch in the fly or dividing the ily entirely at that point.

In order to the clear understanding of myV invention, I will fully describe the same as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Ais the button fly or lapell below the anklejoint line; B, the y or lapel above the ankle- At the ankle-joint linethat is, on a line drawn over the ankle-joint--I form a joint, D, by cutting into the iiy, as seen in Fig. l, sufficiently far to break the ily forward of the ankle-joint.

Without this notch or cut, the bending of the ankle unavoidably wrinkles the iiy at that point, or greatly strains the buttons. Thus it is that the buttons more frequently break ofI" at the ankle-joint than at any other point on the boot; but by this notch `the edge of the ybetween the buttons c and d allows an eX- pansion and contraction of the y at that point, as denoted in Fig. l, and thus overcomes the strain vor inclination to wrinkle, and consequently renders the boot easier to the wearer and more durable, and at no perceptible increase in the cost of manufacture.

Though I prefer to cut into the iiy, as described, yet the iy may be divided, as seen in Fig. 2 at C, forming the ily in two parts, and accomplish the same object.

In dening button-boots and buttons as a means of securing the fly to the boot, I wish to be understood as embracing all fastenings, and without confining myself to the particular form or design of the lapel, or manner of finishing the same, my invention -being to so construct the fly as to Overcome the difficulties mentioned, which is fully accomplished as herein set forth. One notch or division is allsufficient, yet another or more may, if preferred, be added.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-v Cutting or dividing the y at or near the ankle-joint line, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

l JOS. L. JOYCE.

Witnesses:

J. H. SHUMWAY. A. J. TIBBrrs. 

